177 / Wednesday, September 13, 2006 / Notices 54043
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY of the Northern Lights expansion Environmental commentors will be
project.1 The estimated capital cost for placed on the Commission’s Federal Energy Regulatory the facilities proposed herein is environmental mailing list, will receive Commission $8,083,331. copies of the environmental documents, [Docket No. CP06–433–000] Any questions regarding this and will be notified of meetings application should be directed to associated with the Commission’s Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice Michael T. Loeffler, Director, environmental review process. of Application Certificates and Government Affairs for Environmental commentors will not be Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, required to serve copies of filed September 6, 2006. Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at (402) 398– documents on all other parties. Take notice that on August 29, 2006, 7103 or Donna Martens, Senior However, the non-party commentors Northern Natural Gas Company Regulatory Analyst, at (402) 398–7138. will not receive copies of all documents (Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, There are two ways to become filed by other parties or issued by the Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in Docket involved in the Commission’s review of Commission (except for the mailing of No. CP06–433–000, an application this project. First, any person wishing to environmental documents issued by the pursuant to sections 7 (b) and (c) of the obtain legal status by becoming a party Commission) and will not have the right Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of to the proceedings for this project to seek court review of the the Commission’s Regulations, for should, on or before the comment date Commission’s final order. authorization to: (1) Construct, modify stated below, file with the Federal Comments, protests and interventions and operate certain compression, Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 may be filed electronically via the pipeline, and town border station (TBS) First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR facilities, with appurtenances all located a motion to intervene in accordance 385.2001(a) (1) (iii) and the instructions in various counties in Iowa, Nebraska with the requirements of the on the Commission’s web site under the and South Dakota; and (2) abandon Commission’s Rules of Practice and ‘‘e-Filing’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. certain compression facilities in Clay Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) The Commission strongly encourages County, Kansas, in order to expand the and the Regulations under the NGA (18 intervenors to file electronically. capacity of Northern’s West Leg CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party Persons unable to file electronically pipeline segment of its Market Area status will be placed on the service list should submit an original and 14 copies facilities, all as more fully set forth in maintained by the Secretary of the of the protest or intervention to the the application which is on file with the Commission and will receive copies of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Commission and open to public all documents filed by the applicant and 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC inspection. This filing is accessible on- by all other parties. A party must submit 20426. line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 14 copies of filings made with the Comment Date: September 27, 2006. ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for Commission and must mail a copy to review in the Commission’s Public the applicant and to every other party in Magalie R. Salas, Reference Room in Washington, DC. the proceeding. Only parties to the Secretary. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the proceeding can ask for court review of [FR Doc. E6–15169 Filed 9–12–06; 8:45 am] Web site that enables subscribers to Commission orders in the proceeding. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P receive e-mail notification when a However, a person does not have to document is added to a subscribed intervene in order to have comments docket(s). For assistance with any FERC considered. The second way to DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Online service, please e-mail participate is by filing with the FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call Secretary of the Commission, as soon as Federal Energy Regulatory (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call possible, an original and two copies of Commission (202) 502–8659. comments in support of or in opposition [Docket No. EL06–72–002] In its application, Northern asserts to this project. The Commission will that the installation of the proposed PPL EnergyPlus, LLC v. New York consider these comments in facilities will provide approximately Independent System Operator, Inc.; determining the appropriate action to be 32,100 Dth/day of incremental peak day Notice of Filing taken, but the filing of a comment alone entitlement that has been subscribed to will not serve to make the filer a party by its customers. Northern also states September 7, 2006. to the proceeding. The Commission’s that the facilities proposed will result in Take notice that on August 28, 2006, rules require that persons filing capacity greater than currently New York Independent System comments in opposition to the project subscribed by its customers and that any Operator, Inc. filed changed pages of its provide copies of their protests only to excess capacity created will be posted Installed Capacity Manual (ICAP), and a the party or parties directly involved in on Northern’s Web site as generally report concerning changes to the the protest. available and offered to shippers on a Persons who wish to comment only underlying allocation methodology in nondiscriminatory basis. Northern on the environmental review of this compliance with the Commission’s June further states that the proposal herein is project should submit an original and 29, 2006 order. a result of an analysis conducted two copies of their comments to the Any person desiring to intervene or to following Open Seasons soliciting Secretary of the Commission. protest this filing must file in interest for an expansion project in its accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of Market Area that would be effective the Commission’s Rules of Practice and hsrobinson on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES
1 Northern Lights is a multi-year commitment to
beginning November 1, 2007. In expand Northern’s Market Area capacity in Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). addition, Northern is requesting response to its customer’s future requirements Protests will be considered by the approval for rolled-in rate treatment of through 2026. On June 23, 2006, Northern filed an Commission in determining the application with the Commission under Docket No. the expansion costs. The facilities CP06–403–000 requesting authorization to appropriate action to be taken, but will proposed constitute the second discrete construct, modify and operate facilities for the first not serve to make protestants parties to stand-alone project under the umbrella discrete stand-alone Northern Lights project. the proceeding. Any person wishing to